The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . e or four minuteseach, and their frequency will vary from oncedaily to three or four times a week. The appli-cation should never produce severe pain or othermarked discomfort, although this remedy usuallycauses a temporary congestion of the conjunctivalvessels and a slight foreign body sensation,both of which should pass off within half anhour after the application. The value of this remedial measure consistsin emptying the palpebral ducts (meibomian andsudoriparous) as well as the blood and lymphaticvessels situated arou
The commoner diseases of the eye : how to detect and how to treat them . e or four minuteseach, and their frequency will vary from oncedaily to three or four times a week. The appli-cation should never produce severe pain or othermarked discomfort, although this remedy usuallycauses a temporary congestion of the conjunctivalvessels and a slight foreign body sensation,both of which should pass off within half anhour after the application. The value of this remedial measure consistsin emptying the palpebral ducts (meibomian andsudoriparous) as well as the blood and lymphaticvessels situated around the sclero-corneal margin REMEDIES IN OPHTHALMIC PRACTICE 465 and the lymph spaces in the cornea, thereby pro-moting absorption of any exudates that may bepresent. At the same time the blood vessels arestill further stimulated to contraction by irrita-tion of the vasomotor system. Subconjunctival injections of various agents,such as the normal salt solution, bichloride ofmercury, cyanide of mercury, etc., are used ina number of affections of the eyeball, as for ex-. Undine. ample iritis, corneal ulcers, infective keratitisand cyclitis, several varieties of choroiditis andretinitis, and panophthalmitis. The conjunctivashould be anesthetized with holocain or cocain,the point of the sterile hypodermic needle in-serted near the margin of the cornea, well intothe subconjunctival tissue, and a few (3 to 10)drops of the solution injected. The pain is notsevere when mild salt, borax or boric acid solu- 166 COMMONER DISEASES OF THE EYE nuns an employed but it is quite sever* whenbichlorid, cyanid and strong (5^ to 20%) sodicchlorid preparations are employed. Irrigation of the conjunctival sac and the an-terior surface of the globe for tlir removal of
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